Michael Gorven, Facebook
One's inclination when tackling an incident is usually to dive to the bottom of the stack where the problem is occurring and start debugging the root cause. However, it's important to first take a step back and approach the incident at a high level to ensure the fastest and most efficient resolution possible. This talk proposes seven steps to consider when tackling an incident: assessing the impact; communicating internally; looking for what changed; trying to mitigate; investigating the root cause; confirming resolution; and documenting and following up. It also touches on various tools which help with these steps.
Michael Gorven, Facebook
Michael Gorven is a Production Engineer at Facebook, where he works on the Web Foundation team and previously Instagram. He fixes things when they break, improves the reliability of the system, helps engineer it to scale, and reverts diffs. Previously he was an early employee at South African startup Nimbula. Michael grew up in Durban and holds a BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cape Town. He currently lives in London with his wife and two young children after spending five years in California.
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author = {Michael Gorven},
title = {When Trouble Comes to Town},
year = {2017},
address = {Dublin},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = aug
}